Kentucky’s statewide minimum livable wage is $19.40 for a single adult without children, according to MIT’s calculator. The ...

While the pay floor bumps mark an annual ritual, the report highlights an acceleration in the size of minimum wage increases in recent years. No. Kentucky is not one of the states getting a raise ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKRC) - Two new bills were filed that, if passed, would increase Kentucky's minimum wage of $7.25 by more than double. A pair of bills, House Bill 67 and Senate Bill 11 ...

A Kentucky state senator has proposed a bill that would incrementally raise the state’s minimum wage over the next several years.Sen. Reggie Thomas (D-Lexington) filed Senate Bill 11 ...

but nearly half the states nationwide will increase the minimum wage this year. But it will remain at $7.25 in Kentucky. Kentucky state Sen. Reggie Thomas, D-Lexington, filed Senate Bill 11 ...

THIS GRANT FUNDING WILL LAST FIVE YEARS. A KENTUCKY LAWMAKER WANTS TO RAISE MINIMUM WAGES IN THE STATE. RIGHT NOW IT IS AT 7.25 AN HOUR. SENATOR REGGIE THOMAS OF LEXINGTON FILED SENATE BILL 11 ...

(LEX 18) — The minimum wage will increase in nearly half of states this year. But in Kentucky, it will remain the federal set wage of $7.25 an hour and one lawmaker wants to change that.

The Kentucky General Assembly commenced the 2025 Regular Session on Jan. 7, putting a fresh batch of policies on the table. House Bill 67 was introduced in the House on day one, and it aims to raise ...

A Kentucky Democrat wants to bump up minimum wage to at least $15 an hour, but, with a Republican supermajority, it's unlikely to go anywhere. Right now, in Kentuck,y it's $7.25 an hour. Sen. Reggie ...

Kentucky in 2023 had 14,000 workers earning the minimum wage of $7.25 an hour or less, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that local governments in ...